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I feel so blessed my friend Kelly (you've met her before here and here) is sharing with us today about her dog-turned-family-member, Arnie. Making Lemonade is a place where we try our very best to make lemonade out of life's sour circumstances, but also stay realistic and allow ourselves to feel down when things are hard. I know you'll give Kelly lots of love, virtual hugs, and perhaps a sloppy dog kiss or two. Our Arnie. The night before we first picked you up when you were a … [Read more...]
My friend Kelly is one of the funniest people I've had the pleasure of knowing, and her perspective on blogging as a non-blogger is always eye-opening and enlightening for me. Our phone conversations typically end with riotous peals of laughter, and she's my pillar of strength when I'm at wits end with the chaos of two kids, working from home, and trying not to go nuts. When she asked if she could publish this, I wanted to let her share her insight with the caveat that you all know I feel … [Read more...]
Hometalk is shining the Bloglight on us today, friends! That's right, Hometalk picked Making Lemonade to feature this week and I'm all giddy and fangirl over it. Miriam (the community director over on Hometalk) sent some questions to get me dishing about my blogging journey and all things lemonade. So here it is-- the good, the hard, and the sparkly (huh? read on). Wait, what? Some of you don't know about Hometalk yet? I'm a newbie on there myself, so I'm hoping you'll hold my … [Read more...]
Tomorrow I'll be joining a few friends in a fun collaboration centered around one theme: Pantone's 2013 Color of the Year, Emerald. When we planned the collaboration, I had grand plans for a fantastic DIY art piece for our master bedroom. It was inspired by the Starbucks gift card I got for my BFF, which happened to be designed by the fashion house Rodarte: Don't the colors remind you of my signature style board? Neutrals with a pop of fresh green. Well, I planned to incorporate … [Read more...]
You've probably noticed that over the past few months I've been exploring the topic of creating a home you love that also fits your family's needs. With a little creativity, those two ideas really can go hand in hand. That thought has been percolating in my brain for awhile, and I first started to flesh out the idea of designing for the seasons of your life in a guest post on Fieldstone Hill. Darlene recently wrote a post about how to create a signature style board. This lady knows her … [Read more...]
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